The Russellville Democrat., 1887-01-26
HiTHER AND THlTHER.


 HtTHER AND THiTHER.
 Washington advices say Senator Cana is in receipt of cabIegram from the Chilian secre. tary of state, announcing the fact that cholera has made It's appearance in Chili, where It IS raging with great violence in the district oi Aconcagua
 At nationalist meeting at Easterly, County Sligo, Mir. Sexton, in a speech, said that the present government would speedily be over thrown and home rule soon be granted to Ire land. Resolutions were adopted approving the plan of campaign and the strong language used by Messrs. Sexton, Crilly and Mcdonald with reference to the government and their advisers.
 The national convention of the American shipping and industrial league will assemble in Washington Tuesday. Delegates to the number of 200, representing every state and territory in the union, arc expected to be pres ent. An address of welcome will be delivered by District Commissioner Webb and the for nal proceedings will be opened by an address of encouragement from General Joseph Wheel CT of Alabama. Wednesday evening there will be held public meeting, at which ao- dresses will be delivered by Senators Evarts, Eustis, Dolph, Voorhees, and others.
 The rent agitation in Ireland has reached SC rious proportions. In Limerick the sherins dread 10 take part in evictions owing to the menaces of the tenants The latter are re- moving their stock and other belongings to prevent their seizure.
 A courier arrived at San Antonio Saturday from Kerr county, bringing the intelligence that Laurez Madeline had been found assas- mated in his camp in Kerr county. It is thought he was murdered Thursday night r1i... Nx. flx- .rfxxo rrtN tery to the many employees of Madeline. The deceased owned half dozen of the largest and finest ranches in Texas.
 There are nearly fourteen hundred veteran soldiers in the National home at Milwaukee, and three hundred more are expected on the completion of the barracks in course ot con struction.
 At the door of residence fin New Boston, Illinois, were found the corpses of James K. Doughty and Miss Martha Benedict. Jealousy was no doubt the cause of the tragedy.
 The postoffice at Geneva Switzerland, was wrecked by an explosion of petroleum.
 A Boston syndicate has taken sli 900 in per cent. bonds of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy road at 951s They are q first mortgage on niue hundred miles of new track.
 At Cedar Falls, Iowa, William Crosby killed his wife and himself They were married two years ago, and the husband received $40,OOo from his fathers estate Just previous to the tragedy Crosby paid every debt due In the town, including the servant.
 Samuel Dysart, the new president Of the Illinois board of agriculture, says that organ ization fayors an appropriation of S25, 600 to- ward the eradication of pleuro- o-pnelimonia, and has appointed committee to urge It's passage by the legislature.
 A body of unemployed workmen at Norwich, England, after listening to harrangues by two socialists, commenced raid on the shops, which was quickly stopped by the police An attempt to reduce wages in the tobacco factory of P Lorillard. at Jersey City, caused a strike by thirty-five hundred employees.
 A contract 10 extend the Denver and Rio Grande road from Red Cliff to Glennwood Springs by August l, has been taken by James Carlise for S2,UO,o00.
 syndicate of Amsterdam bankers has pur- chased nine hundred square miles of timber land in western Florida, on which to found . colony Of Hollanders-
 l A lumber company at Ludington, Michigan offers to deed to the United States strip of ! land for the construction of harbor of refuge. The residents on Post street. between Lar kln ana FOLK streets, san franclsco, were startled Thursday evening by the sound cf A | tremendous explosion A dynamite cartridge had been placed on the track of the Larkin street branch line of the Sutter street cable road and had exploded under dummy | No. 34. The dummy was completely wrecked and the windows of the car and of the houses | in the vicinity were demolished. Mir. Hilder- brandt and his wife and brother were sitting | in the dummy on the side where the explosion took place. They were all thrown into the | street and Mrs. Hilderbrandt it is feared, was 1 seriously injured. It was miracle that there were no others injured, as several persons were on the dummy.
 | Charles B. Farwell, of Chicago, has been se- lected by the republican members of the Illi- nois legislature as their candidate for senator A native of New York, he removed to nlinois in 1888, and has resided In Chicago for nearly forty years. During his wide experience in | political life he served two terms in congress
 Governor Rusk, of Wisconsin, in discussing the labor question, directs attention to the fact that in the great majority of troubles the | rights and interest0 Of the whole people are rudely affected, and they have the right to en- | force peace.